While the media focuses on worldly, political things in Washington this day, let us keep in mind that today is the Feast of the Epiphany.
It is a day that that celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ.
In Western Christianity, the feast celebrates in part the visit of the Magi, and thus Jesus's manifestation to the Gentiles. It is sometimes called Three Kings' Day, and in some traditions celebrated as Little Christmas.
Sadly, we do not celebrate that feast on the right day in the U.S. The bishops have moved it to a nearby Sunday - helping to obscure its meaning and significance.
It's another way they water down and desacralize the faith.
And then they lament how much many Catholics misunderstand about the faith or Church teachings.
Oh, and by the way, Scripture does not say there were only three of them, or that they were kings. Those ideas developed later in the popular imagination, but are not doctrinal. Also, they visited the Holy Family in a house, not the stable. And remember, Herod ordered the killing of all boys under the age of 2 - so the visit could have been long after Jesus was born.
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